Colliers International, an international real estate-consulting company has expanded service portfolio. The new property management division focuses on the administration of office, industrial and retail premises. The first contract reference is management of EUROPA SHOPPING Center in Zvolen, which was officially opened at the beginning of June 2012.

The Vincent Hotel Group (TVHG) and Uni-Invest B.V. have agreed on a long term lease agreement for the office building on Nieuwe Oeverstraat 50 in the Arnhem city center. The building will be converted into a 127 room Holiday Inn Express Hotel.

The Rezidor Hotel Group, a member of the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, has announced that it has signed a contract to become the operator of the Park Inn by Radisson in Amsterdam, Netherlands, pending final planning consent .

Warsaw, 15th of November, 2012. Colliers International in Poland has been awarded International Real Estate Agency of the Year by CiJ magazine. The award was announced during the gala evening on November 8th in InterContinental Hotel in Warsaw.

Q3/2012 Prague office market figures

The Prague Research forum announces the office market figures for Q3 2012.

Amsterdam, November 2012. The Amsterdam city authority’s policy of promoting extensive redevelopment is having the effect of reducing the available supply. Until recently, the owners and financiers of vacant office accommodation had adopted a ‘wait and see’ attitude.

Moscow, November 8, 2012. Colliers International Russia has hired six new retail experts to join its existing 20-strong retail team. The new hires will enable to carry on Colliers’ work with key retail projects and further expand company’s retail portfolio in Russia.

According to the latest research from Colliers International, online services and e-commerce (two of the most significant innovations in the global economy in recent years) are not only changing the face of the retail market but having a direct impact on the logistics sector across Europe.

TREI Real Estate Czech Republic has completed the sale of a portfolio of retail properties to CPI Group, the Czech leading investment and development holding. The properties included in this portfolio are 9 supermarkets in the Czech Republic leased to Penny Market or Billa for in excess of 10 years.

Moscow, October 19, 2012. Colliers International, leading advisor in commercial real estate markets, brokers Reserved flagship store in Moscow. The total area of the premises leased by Reserved on Tverskaya street is over 1,700m2. The Reserved flagship store will be located at walking distance from Okhotny Ryad metro station.

Prague, October 18, 2012 – Colliers International recently invited key clients to Prague in order to share information regarding the latest office market developments in Europe, as well as trends in markets that have significant growth potential, such as Bulgaria and Romania.

In the six major markets for office space in Germany – Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, and Stuttgart – about 1.99 million m² of office space was newly leased by tenants or occupied by owner-occupants by the end of the third quarter.

Transaction volume on the commercial investment market in Germany stood at some € 14.5 billion at the end of the third quarter of 2012. That works out to a decline of approximately 13% from last year, which was marked by high volumes, despite brisk activity this summer.

Athens, 9th October 2012. After four years of anticipation, the Greek State has completed its first privatization deal with key assistance provided by Colliers International’s independent valuation services.

Colliers International, Germany, has drawn valuable insight for project developers and holders of portfolios of office properties from a recent analysis of about 25,000 new lease signings from 2000 to 2011 in Germany’s six most important markets for office space: Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, and Stuttgart.

In autumn the first Idexe shops will open in SEC RIO Akademicheskaya in Moscow, SEC MEGA Dybenko in St. Petersburg, as well as in SC Akvarel in Volgograd and SC Surgut City Mall in Surgut. Colliers International, the international property consultants, has been chosen the exclusive leasing consultant for the opening of Idexe shops in Russia.

Alexandre De Paris, international brand of the exclusive hair accessories, opens its first mono brand boutique on Tverskaya Street, 4 in Moscow. International property consultants Colliers International is the broker of the deal.

Rising economic growth in Eastern Europe over the next decade and EU environmental targets will impact the European logistics market and put increased pressure on the region’s infrastructure, according to Colliers International’s latest white paper on the EMEA logistics sector.

The market for logistics and industrial properties slightly outperformed last year’s results, with transaction volume of some € 594 million at the end of the first half of this year, bucking the slight downward trend on the overall commercial investment market.

July 11th 2012, Munich – “Germany’s hotel investment market still has not got back into full swing.” This is the conclusion drawn by Andreas Trumpp, Head of Research at Colliers International in Germany. This in spite of the fact that, at € 122.6 million, a higher volume of transactions was attained in the second quarter than in the first three months of the year.“

Approximately 1.29 million m² of office space was newly let or taken over by owner-occupiers in the six most important office markets in Germany (Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart) during the first half-year of 2012.

July 11th 2012, Munich – The German investment market achieved a transactions volume of roughly € 9.4 billion during the first half of 2012 and as such was approximately 15% below the previous year’s result.

Credit Suisse Asset Management Immobiliën Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH (CSAM) and The Vincent
Hotel Group have entered into a 25 year lease for the “Maximus” office building on Deventerlaan 10-
20 in Utrecht.

BSH Bosch, a part of BSH Bosch and Siemens Hausgeräte, made a deal with Infrastroy Bykovo and leased the warehouse facilities in warehouse complex Bykovo, located on the territory of the Bykovo village in the Ramensky district in the South-East of the Moscow region 19 km from the MKAD.

Over two thirds of Europe’s external trade by value passes through its ports, and this figure is likely to grow as trade and container shipping growth is forecast to outstrip overall economic growth for the foreseeable future.

The industrial and logistics market in Europe is on track to grow exponentially over the next 10 years according to the latest research from Colliers international, with Poland and Turkey set to benefit the most.

Colliers International, international property consultants, has been chosen as the exclusive leasing consultant for the first multifunctional shopping and entertainment centre Yekaterininsky in Yekaterinburg. The SEC opening is scheduled for Q3, 2014.